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Here in South Africa we have lots of them too, especially in Pretoria which is informally known as "Jakarandastad". Looks beautiful around this time of year - b

by sgt 3y ago

Here in South Africa we have lots of them too, especially in Pretoria which is informally known as "Jakarandastad". Looks beautiful around this time of year - blooming is usually Sep to mid Nov. Example from a residential area: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FAsHX4LXMAADEI1?format=jpg&name=medium https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FAsHX4LXMAADEI1?format=jpg&name=...

beAbU 3y ago
I was about to respond in this thread about how personally attacked I felt - other cities are not allowed to brag about their abundant numbers of Jacaranda. But then I saw TFA says that Sydney /only/ has something like 1500 trees, which feels to me like not a lot. There are a _lot_ of Jacarandas in Pretoria. Especially the older parts of the city. The trees enjoy protection from the municipality, and you are not allowed to remove them. For past roadworks projects they literally removed these very large and old trees, and planted them elsewhere. Like your picture, the city is truly a sight to behold in November.
- robbiep 3y ago
  The city of sydney (local government area) is a very small part of the overall city - this dataset is just that area which is also the most densely built part (26 square km vs 12,300 square km)
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animal531 3y ago
Googling tells me that Pretoria has about 70k Jacaranda trees, JHB might have even more (albeit that its much larger).
- Synaesthesia 3y ago
  Heresy! ONS is die Jakarandastad. (PTA)
  - sgt 3y ago
    Stem!
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rantingdemon 3y ago
I do love Jacarandas in Pretoria - but I have also read that they are not an endemic tree species and probably _should_ be eradicated. I'm not sure of the exact details, and I have to be honest I would be sad if we had to remove Jacarandas from Pretoria as it will change the character of the city a lot.

4 ms·

Here in South Africa we have lots of them too, especially in Pretoria which is informally known as "Jakarandastad". Looks beautiful around this time of year - b

by sgt 3y ago

beAbU 3y ago
I was about to respond in this thread about how personally attacked I felt - other cities are not allowed to brag about their abundant numbers of Jacaranda. But then I saw TFA says that Sydney /only/ has something like 1500 trees, which feels to me like not a lot. There are a _lot_ of Jacarandas in Pretoria. Especially the older parts of the city. The trees enjoy protection from the municipality, and you are not allowed to remove them. For past roadworks projects they literally removed these very large and old trees, and planted them elsewhere. Like your picture, the city is truly a sight to behold in November.
- robbiep 3y ago
  The city of sydney (local government area) is a very small part of the overall city - this dataset is just that area which is also the most densely built part (26 square km vs 12,300 square km)
- deleted 3y ago
  [deleted]
animal531 3y ago
Googling tells me that Pretoria has about 70k Jacaranda trees, JHB might have even more (albeit that its much larger).
- Synaesthesia 3y ago
  Heresy! ONS is die Jakarandastad. (PTA)
  - sgt 3y ago
    Stem!
  - deleted 3y ago
    [deleted]
rantingdemon 3y ago
I do love Jacarandas in Pretoria - but I have also read that they are not an endemic tree species and probably _should_ be eradicated. I'm not sure of the exact details, and I have to be honest I would be sad if we had to remove Jacarandas from Pretoria as it will change the character of the city a lot.